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OTHERWORLDLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does otherworldliness mean? 

OTHERWORLDLINESS (noun)
  The noun OTHERWORLDLINESS has 1 sense:

1. concern with things of the spiritplay

  Familiarity information: OTHERWORLDLINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OTHERWORLDLINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Concern with things of the spirit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

otherworldliness; spiritism; spiritualism; spirituality

Hypernyms ("otherworldliness" is a kind of...):

internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))

Antonym:

worldliness (concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs)

Derivation:

otherworldly (existing outside of or not in accordance with nature)


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